Why Mattel and Hasbro Workers Are a World Apart on Pay

Toy giants have similar revenue but different median pay

To see why global-supply chains have supplanted domestic manufacturing, look no further than Transformers action figures and Barbie dolls—and employee-pay figures publicly traded companies are disclosing for the first time.

Hasbro Inc., which sells Transformers, as well as Star Wars and My Little Pony figures and many other toys and games, paid a typical worker about $74,000 last year.